Jeff Tyrrill

@jeff_tyrrill
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Software developer. Interests include CRDTs, user interfaces, optimization problems, app platforms, assorted legal topics
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Show threadJeff TyrrillMar 12
@gruber How likely do you think that Apple would expand iPhone mirroring on Mac to allow iPhone apps to run in self-contained free-moving windows (but each window is still a mirror with the app still actually running on iPhone)? As a workaround to most iPhone apps opting out of macOS compatibility, and harnessing the iOS multitasking and multi-windowing work already done.
Show threadJeff TyrrillOct 29
@daringfireball and https://theonion.com/bounty-officials-approve-third-ply-1819564955/ (from 1998)
Bounty Officials Approve Third Ply

CINCINNATI–In what is being touted as the most technologically advanced spill-containment system ever, Bounty officials unveiled its breakthrough three-ply paper towel Monday.

The Onion
Show threadJeff TyrrillSep 4, 2025
@Starfia @gwcoffey Reminds me of the ambiguity about whether an adjective in a menu item is because they offer it a different way (so you have to specify), or it's a "drama" adjective that you don't need to actually say when ordering and is just for marketing.
Show threadJeff TyrrillAug 29, 2025
@tewha @arroz @paul I also remember After Dark starting would mess up printing. (Under System 6 anyway) I learned to move the mouse to the never-start corner whenever I printed.
Show threadJeff TyrrillAug 21, 2025
@iKyle My joke during the GPT-5 keynote was that modern web front ends are so bonkers complex that nobody knows how to set them up without AI.
Show threadJeff TyrrillJul 21, 2025
@bigzaphod Fellow listmaker! I started a list of *every movie I had seen* when I was 18. I was still young enough I could reach back into childhood and remember most of it. I read lists of the top movies each year on IMDB to try to fill more memory gaps. Been keeping the list ever since so it's probably 99% complete. Several movies on the list exist as descriptions of scenes rather than title, still need to chase some of them down.
Show threadJeff TyrrillJul 21, 2025
@bigzaphod I don't know if they pool history between users but the reader is Inoreader and you could follow https://mastodon.social/@bigzaphod/with_replies.rss to see if the entire history populates for you. Or if you're interested I could try to export it.
Show threadJeff TyrrillJul 21, 2025
@bigzaphod I read Mastodon via RSS and my RSS reader keeps posts forever, so I found it:
Show threadJeff TyrrillJul 14, 2025
@collin The Modern JavaScript Tutorial, https://javascript.info/ – Easy to read, technically precise and accurate, concise, and very well organized.
The Modern JavaScript Tutorial

Modern JavaScript Tutorial: simple, but detailed explanations with examples and tasks, including: closures, document and events, object oriented programming and more.

Show threadJeff TyrrillJun 27, 2025

2/2

1. Allow sideloading and alternate stores. No fees, no buts. Worldwide.

2. Keep their cut at 15%/30%. Make it the best store possible. Courage.

3. Offer a discount not for a crippled store but for apps that pass a high bar of user experience: State saving, proper notification management, full use of platform features (windowing, focus APIs, etc), perfect adherence to the HIG, and no dark patterns. Make being in Apple's store mean something. "The power to be your best" as Apple once said.